⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 86 points inside to 44
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
- Made two threes to their ten
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 21-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q4 5:50 · LAL 115-99 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Myles Turner offensive foul
Q4 5:00 · LAL 107-99 IND
- Turnover
Myles Turner turnover
Q4 5:00 · LAL 107-99 IND
📊The numbers
| LAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 86 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
